I regret often that I have spoken never that I have been silent.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

A world that is intellectually mature but morally infantile is on the road to ruin.

What happens when the hitcher and the driver are equally murderous?

To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.

I confess my own leisure to be spent entirely in search of adventure, without regard to prudence, profit, self improvement, learning, or any other serious thing.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

I think my books are better than my exhibitions. If people don't like my books then I don't mind. I guess you like them enough to write an essay about them so that makes me pretty happy.

The handful of corporations that own most of the media outlets have an interest in reflecting establishment views.

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

Perhaps I'll get used to this bizarre place called Hollywood, but I doubt it.

That is the freakiest thing that ever happened to me.” I nodded toward the mess. “And if you knew my life, you’d realize just how freaky that is.